R Dan gave a brief history of the Club
- Al Romberger (sp?) instigated the idea of a club
- committee formed in 1988 to form a club in Brighton
- 30th anniversary year 2019
- sponsored by Colborne Club
- applied for a charter
- got 25 members and received a charter
- Bob Briden was the first president
- meetings at first were Monday mornings but then moved to Fridays
- location moved back and forth between The Gables and Douglas
- 1989 women joined Rotary
- in the 90s the club grew to about 60 members
- moved to the Legion for meetings
- selling Tilley hats was a good fundraiser for a while; sold them at different venues
- auction dinner was begun, and grew over the years
- the essential character of the Brighton Rotary is a club of enjoyable meetings and mutual support in support of local and international causes